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- BookBenjamin Black.Summary: "May, 2014. Sierra Leone is ranked the country with the highest death rate of pregnant women in the world. The same month Ebola crosses in from neighbouring Guinea. Arriving a few weeks later, Dr Benjamin Black unexpectedly finds himself at the centre of the largest ever Ebola outbreak. From the impossible decisions of the maternity ward to the moral dilemmas of the Ebola Treatment Centres. One mistake, one error of judgment, could spell disaster. Every day the maternity ward receives women in critical conditions, often indistinguishable from deadly Ebola infections. As the epidemic encircles the hospital the stakes reach breaking point. What is safe? What is deadly? The team close the maternity ward, a devastating blow to women and health workers. In the months that follow Benjamin's journey collides with the epidemic's pivotal events. He recalls being present as the disease takes grip, spreading exponentially, colleagues get infected and the international response splutters into action. Returning after the epidemic, Benjamin reckons with the demons of the past, trying to help build a different, more resilient, future"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Birth complications
Pre-departure planning
Gondama
So many I stopped counting
Medical roulette
No one laughs at God in a hospital
Lightening strikes
Below the surface
Unprecedented
Kailahun
State of emergency
Invisible insurgents
Two young brothers
Transmission
Exodus
Life in limbo
Same, but different
Belly woman
Bandajuma
Pregnancy prevention
The cavalry arrives
Tonkolili
Full circle
A new beginning
Bomb scare
The third delay
Christmas
A new year, a new project, another chance
Far from perfect
Not normal.